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Senate orders third reading of bill setting process for commitments to secure forensic facility
Summary
S192 establishes criteria and court procedures for committing a small number of people with serious charges and severe mental illness or intellectual disability to a secure forensic facility for treatment and competency restoration, emphasizes due process safeguards and victim notice provisions, and was ordered for third reading after committee amendments.
Senators heard the second reading of S192, a complex bill that creates statutory procedures for placing certain people charged with serious crimes into a secure forensic facility for treatment, competency restoration and continued review.
The presenter emphasized that the bill concerns very few people and is intended to provide a therapeutic alternative to jail where clinical care is required. Key elements discussed on the…
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